Going with the flow - ah, what a beautiful concept! This idea can be expressed best in three ways: (1) Water. Water obviously goes with the flow, since it goes around any obstacles and, if it can't go around, patiently builds itself up without too much trouble and goes over the obstacle. (2) Fire. Less flexible than water, Fire is an example of aggressively going with the flow, a seeming contradiction until you realize that almost anything you stick in a fire will heat up at the same time that the flames move around the object. (3) Wind. To go with the flow in this case means letting water have it's way, fire have it's way, and STILL getting done what you need. This is related to the Natural Order of things, as well as the two versions of the five-element theory.